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[News] European Commissioner Viviane Reding Doesn't 'Get' Free(dom) Software

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"European Open source developers needs brains and gains" says European
Commissioner Reding

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| The problem is those kind of numbers is that they seems to be calculated in 
| function of software vendors, which represents only 15% of the whole software 
| industry. The other large part of the industry is pure services. And this 
| does not seems to be taken in account. Does Mrs Commissioner Reding have the 
| wrong numbers? Or she does not know the european software industry?    
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http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-130280/european-open-source-developers-needs-brains-and-gains-says-european-commissioner-reding


Related:

Term Extension “will damage Commission’s reputation”, top legal advisers tell
Barroso

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| Today, the leading European centres for intellectual property research have
| released a joint letter to EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso,
| enclosing an impact assessment detailing the far reaching and negative
| effects of the proposal to extend the term of copyright in sound recordings.
| [...] “This Copyright Extension Directive, proposed by Commissioner Mccreevy,
| is likely to damage seriously the reputation of the Commission..."
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/06/18/term-extension-will-damage-commissions-reputation-top-legal-advisers-tell-barroso/
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